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They just might have been running one back then. That was before the turbohydro came out and the powerglide as we know them now, was not developed. I had a 66 chevelle back in 67 with a adaptor on a L-78 396 to a torkflite. Worked pretty good for the money I had to spend back then.

With all we have at our disposal these days it is really hard to understand how little was there for the fast boys back in the late 60's. You either got good at a 4 speed or else! Then in 1968 when Chev came out with the turbo-hydro. Even then it took a year or two till they were making them stronger than just the average stock tranny.

We all laugh at the prices in the speed cataloges from back then. But if you were working back then and your take home was any over $100 for the week you were making pretty good money. Not all of us were born rich. Those prices were still a streach on the old pocket book. I bought my first house in 1964 for $8,400 and the payment was $68 per mo. That was better than renting at the time. Now it is worth around $85,000. Wish I had bought the whole block.


Back in 1962,I not yet out of High School, I'll never forget making $20 a month payments on my first 4 speed for a total of $100, it was a cast iron case BW tranny. The guy took it out of his 58 348 biscane and held it till I paid it in full. I remember drooling over it every time I paid him some money on it.

I remember the bank turning me down for a $425 loan on a 59 corvette that had a bad motor because I was only taking home about $90 a week back in late 1965. I was fresh out of Barber college and was working steady. I tried to give them extra collateral of a 56 Nomad body but they were not interested. I also had a 61 FI vette and a 63 chev wagon to get to work in.

Things are all relative as time goes by. Seems the more you make the more it costs to buy the things you want.

(SIGH....)

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